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Why Open Access?, Allegra Swift

Library Staff Publications and Research

Panel presentation slides and notes for the library perspective on, “Open Access Publishing in Mathematics: Who? What? Where? Why? And How?” Math Fest, Mathematical Association of America, in Portland, Oregon - August 9, 2014.

Speakers:

• Gizem Karaali, Pomona College
• Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin, Lamar University
• Allegra Swift, Claremont Colleges Library

Organizer: Linda McGuire, Muhlenberg College

Sponsor: MAA Committee on Professional Development

Librarians Matter!* Librarian Impact On First-Year Information Literacy Skills At Five Liberal Arts Colleges, M. Sara Lowe, Char Booth, Natalie Tagge, Sean Stone

Library Staff Publications and Research

This poster reports results of an assessment of student writing from the first-year seminar/experience programs at five separate undergraduate colleges. Papers (n=520) were coded by level of librarian involvement in the class, and then scored using an Information Literacy rubric. Results indicate that students in courses with higher librarian involvement demonstrate better IL skills (that are statistically significant) than those in courses with low involvement.

2014 Student Library Survey Report, M. Sara Lowe, Char Booth, Maria Savova

Library Staff Publications and Research

This survey was administered in response to a larger strategic planning process initiated by the Claremont Colleges Library (CCL). Building on the 2012 Student Library & Technology Survey and the 2013 Faculty Library Survey, the present survey is an attempt to gather longitudinal and comparative data from Claremont Colleges’ faculty and students. The present survey is based on a framework established by two prior investigations of local academic communities to inform library operations.

Librarians Matter! Impact On First-Year Information Literacy Skills At 5 Colleges, M. Sara Lowe, Char Booth, Sean M. Stone, Natalie Tagge, Alexandra Chappell, Gale Burrow

Library Staff Publications and Research

This poster reports results of an assessment of student writing from the first-year seminar/experience programs at five separate undergraduate colleges. Papers (n=416) were coded by level of librarian involvement in the class, and then scored using an Information Literacy rubric. Results indicate that students in courses with higher librarian involvement demonstrate better IL skills (that are statistically significant) than those in courses with low involvement.

A History Of Collaboration, A Future In Crowdsourcing: Positive Impacts Of Cooperation On British Librarianship, Sally Ellis

Library Staff Publications and Research

This article looks at the varying definitions and usage of the term ‘crowdsourcing,’ including those that insist the term may only be applied to online activities. An argument is made that, semantics aside, the activities known as crowdsourcing, collaboration, and/or citizen science, were in use long before the current online medium was invented and should be recognized not for the terminology employed but for the mutual benefits reaped. The article addresses the strengths of such activities, including user engagement, the accomplishment of tasks otherwise not possible because of budget cuts, and diversity of viewpoint. In addition, the possible weaknesses of …

Claremont Colleges Faculty Survey (Fall 2013), M. Sara Lowe, Char Booth, Maria Savova

Library Staff Publications and Research

This survey was designed to gauge the Claremont Colleges faculty’s familiarity with, use of, and views about two areas: a) Library educational services / Information Literacy competencies, and b) Library collections.

Claremont Colleges Library Faculty Library Survey Summary Report: 2014, M. Sara Lowe, Char Booth, Maria Savova

Library Staff Publications and Research

This report highlights findings from the Fall 2013 Faculty Library Survey with information from the Fall 2012 Ithaka survey included where relevant. The Fall 2012 Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey focused broadly on research and teaching practices as well as the "dissemination, collecting, discovery, and access of research and teaching materials. The Fall 2013 Faculty Library survey was designed to gauge the Claremont Colleges faculty’s familiarity with, use of, and views about: a) Library educational services; b) student’s Information Literacy (IL) competencies; and c) Library collections. Both the Fall 2012 Ithaka and Fall 2013 Faculty Library surveys represent aspects of a …

Claremont Colleges Student Survey (Spring 2014), M. Sara Lowe, Char Booth, Maria Savova

Library Staff Publications and Research

This survey was designed to understand how Claremont Colleges students use, perceive, and understand the Claremont Colleges Library, academic information technologies, and Information literacy skills. It was developed by Sara Lowe, Char Booth, and Maria Savova based on a survey Char Booth created and administered with the Council of Chief Librarians of California Community Colleges.

New Directions For Digital Collections At The Claremont Colleges, Allegra Swift

Library Staff Publications and Research

This presentation describes the evolution of the Claremont Colleges Digital Library (CCDL) and Scholarship@Claremont, how the Claremont Colleges Library is part of a campus-wide digital humanities initiative, and ways in which the Claremont Colleges Library digital scholarship programs support teaching, learning and research.

NITLE New Directions for Digital Collections at Academic Libraries was moderated by Mark Dahl and Mark Christel, Anneliese Dehner, and Isaac Gilman also presented.

Getting Superior Work In The Ir: A Self-Supporting Loop, M. Sara Lowe, Sean M. Stone

Library Staff Publications and Research

Presenters will discuss curricular and authentic assessment methods intended to prepare students to submit superior undergraduate theses for deposit in the institutional repository and related issues.

Using a Claremont Colleges Library developed Information Literacy (IL) Rubric (https://bit.ly/ccl-ilrubric) originally adapted from a rubric at Carleton College (Gould Library Reference and Instruction Department. "Information Literacy in Student Writing Rubric and Codebook." Northfield, MN: Carleton College. 2012. https://go.carleton.edu/6a), librarians are working closely with departments to provide authentic assessment of senior theses. Through this, librarians and faculty have identified areas where students score poorly (primarily attribution and evaluation of sources). In tandem with the …

Re:Purpose Your Event: How The Re:Book Altered Book Contest Became A Signature Event At The Claremont Colleges Library, Natalie Tagge, Alexandra Chappell

Library Staff Publications and Research

Poster presented at the American Library Association Annual Conference 2014